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Outdoor Activities ...
As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).
When in De Sart, we use the following websites to find information relevant to De Sart and the surrounding area.
- Astronomy & Satellites ...
- Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above
website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed
sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
- To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above,
we pass this GPS location for De Sart:
- 46.378898, -102.958220
- Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
- Open the Heavens-Above website centered on De Sart
- Bird Watching ...
- We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
- The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected Slope County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Slope County
- Since De Sart is near Hettinger County and also Bowman County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
- Open the eBird sighting report for Hettinger County
- Open the eBird sighting report for Bowman County
- Waymarking ...
- Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
- Open the Waymark.com report for De Sart
Curious and Interesting Names Near De Sart ...
As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.
- Buffalo Springs
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Buffalo Springs is located in Bowman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buffalo Springs
- Griffin
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the west)
- Griffin is located in Bowman County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Griffin
- Havelock
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northeast)
- Havelock is located in Hettinger County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Havelock
- New England
(11 miles [17.7 km] to the north)
- Pierce
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Pierce is located in Slope County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pierce
- Reeder
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Regent
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
How Far From De Sart to ...
We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers & Almanacs that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a community such as De Sart to various places of note, such as the White House.
With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in De Sart and extending to:
- Amidon, which is the Seat of Slope County, lies 18 miles [29 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from De Sart to Amidon, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take just over a day to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take five to six hours.
- Bismarck, which is the State Capital of North Dakota, lies 108 miles [173.8 km] to the east northeast (ENE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take about two hours, a buggy would take 5 days and walking would take 7 days.
- The White House (Washington, DC) is 1,406 miles [2,262.7 km] to the east southeast (ESE). Driving would take about three full days, a buggy would take 55 days and walking would take 80 days.
- The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,435 miles [10,356.1 km] and it lies to the north northeast (NNE).<5>
- The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,202 miles [11,590.5 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
- The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,161 miles [8,305.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- De Sart) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |
| <3> | While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day. |
| <4> | The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from De Sart to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in De Sart. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 46.3789, Longitude: -102.9582 In this case, the coordinates for De Sart have been provided by the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). |
| <5> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 325.419 degrees. |
| <6> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 324.476 degrees. |
| <7> | The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 315.827 degrees. |
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